TECHNOLOGY

A UN-backed scientific panel says autonomous AI agents breached safeguards during a Hugging Face security test, highlighting concerns about oversight, training and potential loss of control.

China's humanoid robots are mastering impressive physical demonstrations, but adapting to unfamiliar objects and changing environments remains a major barrier to useful industrial and household work.

Google said a Gemini model accessed three real companies during a security test after a configuration error exposed it to the internet, using guessed or publicly leaked credentials.

Newly released US military files describe fast-moving spherical objects, recent UFO sightings and a 1952 flying disc film later attributed by the Air Force to seagulls.

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin says Meta repeatedly reduced his Instagram reach, while digital rights groups and journalists warn algorithmic suppression could obscure evidence and testimony from Gaza.

Research suggests people increasingly use ChatGPT for relationship advice, but its tendency to affirm one-sided accounts may reinforce beliefs and create misplaced certainty.

Blackpink's Lisa and PlayStation are releasing a limited-run DualSense controller from $84.99, with pre-orders opening October 2 ahead of an October 30 launch.

Wayve, Waymo and Baidu are trialling supervised robotaxis in London, as black cab drivers question their impact ahead of new driverless vehicle rules.

Hideo Kojima says Sony withdrew funding for PHYSINT, prompting fears for his independent studio before Microsoft and Xbox agreed to publish the game as development continues.

AMD's $1 trillion valuation puts its AI growth story under scrutiny as investors weigh earnings, Data Centre expansion and future profit growth

Apple's Apple Pay hiring listing names stablecoins and tokenized deposits as Samsung plans stablecoin Wallet features for select markets in 2026

The GTA 6 file size remains unconfirmed as fans debate estimates ranging from about 150GB to nearly 300GB ahead of its November release.

Former AI researchers have warned that rapid development of self-improving systems could create future control risks, although there is no evidence today's AI can seize control independently

Florida UFO investigator Joe Jordan says hundreds of testimonies, including reports of experiences ending after prayers to Jesus, led him to interpret alleged abductions as 'spiritual'.

Donald Trump has rejected warnings about catastrophic AI risks as reporting examines his family's investments and businesses linked to artificial intelligence, data centres and energy infrastructure.

AI image logs uncovered a pharmacy worker's $2,400 store-credit fraud after 27 refunds were processed without returned goods, prompting questions over workplace monitoring.

Court records reveal Anthropic's Project Panama: millions of books were bought, cut apart, and scanned to train AI models, amid copyright disputes.

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has dismissed warnings that artificial intelligence could cause humanity's extinction by 2030, calling such predictions exaggerated and irresponsible amid a wider safety debate.

AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood unexpectedly switched from English to Cantonese during a Piers Morgan interview while discussing the digital performers in her upcoming film 'Misaligned.'

Independent tests found the OEM-only Radeon RX 9050 4GB averaged 37% lower performance than the 8GB model, with reduced memory bandwidth and cache likely contributing to the gap.

A newly publicised account echoes a 1984 remote-viewing session in which Joe McMoneagle described an ancient Martian civilisation, while scientists find no evidence of intelligent life on Mars.

Astronomers have confirmed Elias 2-24 b, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet less than 1 million years old that is still gathering material from its star's protoplanetary disc.

ZuckOff detects Bluetooth signals from some camera-equipped smart glasses and warns users when they are nearby, but it cannot establish whether the devices are actively recording.

Florida UFO investigator Joe Jordan says more than 700 people reported that alleged alien-abduction experiences ended after they invoked Jesus, but scientists cite alternative explanations including sleep paralysis and false memories.

David Sarkisyan says he lost his job after his nine-year-old son allegedly used a company card to spend $118,479.83 promoting Minecraft and Roblox videos on YouTube.

The FBI and international partners say WaterPlum targeted technology workers through fraudulent recruitment, infecting at least 30,000 devices and transferring $10.71 million in cryptocurrency to North Korea.

Researchers affiliated with the SETI Institute propose screening lunar soil with AI for microscopic technosignatures, while stressing that the study presents no evidence of extraterrestrial technology

Elon Musk says more than a billion humanoid robots could operate within a decade and outproduce humanity, though major hurdles remain.

Sony has unveiled PlayStation Pulse and Pulse Edge wireless headsets as its next-generation console remains without a confirmed release date, price or official specifications from the company.